3 baatimore ccty and county police along with the fbi have arrestedd3 men...believed to -&pbe responsible forra huge ring oo armed robbeeies. robberies.janicc pprk

-3 streaming live in north convience stores recently hitt annce? p3 police say thh three mennused -33 a pellet gun and stun gun to -& terroriie ssore employees aa 24 stores like tteeone bbhind & me.this all startee juut befooe hhiitmas and ttey ad been on the runnsince...uutii witnessee hhlped police...each - time...the three men...one f them would b the & driver...whhle the two armee...woulddgo intt stooes phe three men haveebeen &pidentified as omar haace, darrell balckwwll and willie vinson.wwiie police say they onlyyused a pellet gun during -& each armed robbery...pellet gunn look like n actual & handgunnthey ent on thiss spree for months...until they chhse that enned at a nearby hospittl anddthey were arrested. 3 "theee's no ndiiatioo thatt hese people would have - periodd f time, occured ii a - fee minntes without the hard

people wouud haaeeconninued rrbbing stores and erroring people that worked there",3 & asspolicc just aid, they believeethese men wwuld have & conninued their spree of armed robberies if they hadn't been stopped. and they are looking into whether tte men are - connected to any other armed robberies. &prapper... 2--chhinz... issarrested... on &pddug charges... on his way... to perffrm ...at thee - university of aryland... eastern shore. ssore.the rapper,.../ -3 tweeted about the -&pand posted this photooof himmelf... standing with two... state troopers... who him.../// he was arrested 3 ttoopers... stopped hhs an &p....or speeding onnroute 50... near easton. ...//inside, ... they found a backpack... containinn trace 3 drug paraphanelia...//..tate looking into the phhto..-33 authorities

in delaware... say 3 p wilimington coorthouse ... may aae haa hhlp from his -3 family. olice say thomas matusiewicz (ma-too-so-wiizz killed his former daughter in llw chhistine bbllord ... 3 beforr he was killed in a shoooout with policc.belford pas in a cusstdy dispute wwth her ee-husband daaid ma- 3 lenore claimm sheehad nooidea her husband was planning the violenttrampage, ann david didn'' eeen know his fatter ownedda gun. 3& there's a crowded fieed of 3 apppied to becomethenew anne arundel county execuuive.in - fact... 16 peeple submmtted -3 applications by today's noon deadllne. deadlinn.they'reehopinngto &preplace coontyyxxcutive jjhn weeks ago ffer being connictedd- of mmsconduct innoffice.those & whoosubmmtted their names to aatingcounty executive john haamond...forrerrcouuty executive jon gary....aad

formmrgovernor bob ehrlich. &&p33 (ehrlich) "i think beccuse i'm & not running in tww ears,,i & thinkkthat i can make good, sound decissons ffr the about it." ii."the candidatts will appear before thhcounty council next thursday.and then the council has 0-days toselect the next countyyexecutivv. 3 the cityyof balttmore is re---pxaminiiggthe llcations all 83 &p thh probe comes after fox 45 invessigation revealed located ii school zonns are -3&pfaa from schooos.... &pjeff abeel brooggt uu the -3 story last night and ii here with an update, jeff..... 333 lawwmkers havv lonn insisted pthat speee cameras are here for thh potection of the children....' in fact, thhy can't evennoperate in maryland unless ttey'reewithin a -phalf--ile of a school..... but in manyyof those school easier to find than he school. -3 3& whenncllsses let out on wednesday....we set out....to learn how mmny studenns are actually using the school hour....we kept watth over thh

charles... and, nottoncee did we find a sttdent or annone croosiig the road. state senator jimmbrochin ssys itss time to shrink thh siie of & school zonessffom a half-mile annapolls.....it''llmean a lot fewee cameras. 1:45) "legissative intent was that speed camerrs 3 pbout that lets make itt aout 3 make it about the money. stop this pretense anddsay, we're short on revenue.....we''l put em where we want." 3 wantt" 3 tonight, thh city says its re- examinnng tte locaaions offits & speed cameras....and whether thhyycaa bb more effective elsewhere. on ome cityy stteees, niggbors complain there's ore cameras...than kids. jefffabell, fox 45, neww t 5:30. 3 as... baltimmre sinks... further... into thh property tax

crisis,.../ the mayoo says... payiin more -...for trash pickup... is part - oo he solution.. the proposed fee... wwuld charge for trash pickkup.../, phat... had... uutil ánowá.. peen ree...//.. thee mayor ...says... the ee... would also beecharged ...too those... nnt currently payinn & propertyytaxes... -33& like non-profits...///. -3 she... says... this... ouud -3 be used... to looer property is.... he higgest in the word... on hat....thee fee would be.....// bbt... that elay... is causing ccncern ...for some residents... who want detailss now. (ms. brennnn/resident) "and what happens if ou neeghbors don't pay theefeee are you going to sit in their garbage 3 regressive tax, that's basically aapropprty tax. i think that's outtageous.""--33 ootrageous." 3 pthe mayyr ssys she should kkow oreeby.... nextt eek. 3 thh 150-foot cosmic rock &phas safely hurtlld past russia. hill aatronomer's saa tte two events are not reeatedd... kathleen cairns falling rom the sky... is a

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3 a... horrific sceen... at... rrme's internnaional aarport... as... a teenaaer... ssts himseef on fire.../// tv crews... &pcaught the smoke and flamms on caaera.../. the 19--year - ood man -/ an... &pasylum seeker... frrm the ivorr coast -- set hiiself oo fire... after learning... hee was being deporred baak homm...../he's ... in crittcal conddtion..../ police - say... it's not ccear... if - the viccim knew... e had fifteee days ...to appeel the deportation order. & medical examinner have positively idenntfied the body -3 of former l-a police offfcer chrissopher ddrner.. p ddrner is the man aathorities say kiilld fourr peopleeaad wounded three & pthers in aavendetta against pollce.. the announcement comes just two standoff and fire aa a cabin in the oonttins east of os angeles wwere ddoner was. - hissremains wwre idennified through denntll -3& records uring n autopsy. 3 n... hio teee is

...for trying to ell sugar paccett....as a practical sccool called police..../ & afterr.. the sixxeen year &pold student ..was found stuffing sugar... heegot from the chooo cafeteria....into a pp..straw wrapper....// the teen's father says... his - son is autisticc... and doesn't understtnd ...the seriousness f hii actions...//. áandá... he ... ays the school went too far...// & pence says: "attempting to -3 priminalizeea kid for making a jooe about selling a sealed &psuggr packet thattcamee rim -3 their cafeteria... i don't know ttat it gets anymore rrdicuuous than that." that." 3& the sshooo distriit... declined commenn... on the & p3 a big night on american idol for a maryland conteetant. &pcontestant. -3 3 gur.... -preet &psing...é serene.... who... alls hhmself... "the ttrbanator".... hhs made the latest cut... ann.... s now iintheefinnl 40....///the... montgomery county resident... got a lott - of attention... when he ffrst & appeered on theeshoww 3 &p3 "it was very urreel... t was likeea dream come true o me." -3 mee""ur-preet... now moves n

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3 the oorolls enter pring trainiig similar to last ssason...with the starting rotatton not set.there's guys we caa exppct to start.....- phris tillman anddmiiuee gonzalez.but who's the 5th? 5th?couud be air juurjees.... physical..other options... jake arriett, zach britton, tommy hunter... or brran &pmatusz.20-11 didd't go well for matusz... an e-r-aathat -&pwent up in 11 of 12 starts. 22012... much of the same.... demoted to minor leaguus...and out of the bullpen... .a move thattfaired well for matusz... 1135 e-r-a in 18 aapparances. but that's noo wherr he wants to stty long term. -333

3 maayland wwll face duke tomorrow...minus pe'shon &ppooard.the guard has een ssspended for a game... maybe more. &pmorr.head coach marrkturgeon wouldn't saa why...justta howard isn't making smart decisions... his status will be re-evaluted after the weekend.andd urgeon didn't 3 saturday... or more..howwrd is 5thhin playyng ttme...by far a doon year for the junior... game.terps will se ick faust and seth allen at the point with owarr out. 3& the m-i-a-- semifinals...and if ee rred doesn't return...there's -33 another aal-proosafetyywho just hit the markkt...tonight &pon sports unlimited...

3 washhngton coople decided toostartt heirrmarried life-- 3 tub.. 3 --cheering nats-- nats-- -3 it's... where they - had... their ccremonn too...../ the lucky -& couple- sharoo and brian-- won the chance... to... get marriid... in a hot a local radio connest..../ hey're consideredd.. he &pfirrt n the woold... to have a hot tub weddiig. ...//he newlyweds ....ill hhneymmon... in vegas. 3& 3 that's all for fox45 news at 5:30. 3